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contradictory

Definition

  • noun: a proposition so related to another that if either of the two is true the other is false and if either is false the other must be true
  • adjective: involving or having information that disagrees with other information

Examples

  • The witnesses gave 'contradictory' accounts/statements/descriptions of the accident. [=they described the accident in ways that did not agree with each other]

  • Your argument is 'self-contradictory'.

  • a 'self-contradictory' statement

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) everything's gonna be fine. Okay? Okay, baby? She just cut her fucking arm off. Does this sound fine to you? These inscriptions are confusing and sometimes contradictory. But they're consistent about one thing: In order to stop this, the possessed must be cleansed. Purified. (..)
    2013 Evil Dead